All our webinars are free and this invite may be shared widely.  Details and registration instruction are below.

MANITOBA AND THE ACTIVE HEALTHY KIDS CANADA REPORT CARD: are we driving our kids to unhealthy habits?

Wednesday October 9; 10 am – 12 noon CT

The goal of the webinar is to introduce participants to the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card and give them information about what is ongoing in Manitoba towards achieving recommendations laid out in the report card.  

Presentations include:

Are we driving our kids to unhealthy habits?  Results from the 2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth:
Jennifer Cowie Bonne, CEO, Active Healthy Kids Canada; 
Joel Barnes, Knowledge Manager, Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute,  Lead Author of the 2013 Report Card

Manitoba’s Active Transportation Action Plan: 
Vicky Reaney, Active Transportation Coordinator, Province of Manitoba

Healthy Winnipeg By Design / Healthy Canada By Design CLASP Initiative - Phase 2
Shelagh Graham, Healthy Built Environment Specialist, WRHA
Deanna Betteridge, Physical Activity Promotion Manager, WRHA

Cycling and your Children: The top 7 things to consider when teaching kids to ride a bike
Dave Elmore, Can-Bike Instructor

Active and Safe Routes to School in Manitoba and the Bike Walk Roll Fort Richmond Project
Jackie Avent, ASRTS Program Coordinator, Green Action Centre

To register for this webinar, please email Jackie Avent at asrts@greenactioncentre.ca.  Further sign-in instructions will be sent closer to the webinar date.

This is the first in a series of Walking and Wheeling webinars put on this season by the Active and Safe Routes to School Program.  Visit our website for more information and to register!

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